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David Foster Wallace came to mind a couple days ago, eventually leading to inner blushing for not being able to remember a thing about "Infinite Jest".
And in this sentence do I jump shift from a word master to having recently been reminded of the near utter uselessness of words.
An now the intensification of irony for declaring having chanced upon what is currently some seriously resonant verbiage from:
Inquiry-Abidance: How to Practice Self-Inquiry
namely:
There are other ways that this can be described:
"Know the knower," "watch the watcher," etc.
However, the clearest easiest instruction to follow is:
Your awareness watching your awareness while ignoring
all else. (ignoring thought, the body, the world, etc.)
Said another way, an instant of awareness aware of awareness mocks - if not shames - words back to their rightful oblivion.
Nov 08 · 6 days ago · 👍 Minko_Ikana
The YouTube recommendation algorithm has been going nuts with David Foster Wallace for my friends and I; ironically some of his interviews which the algorithm recommends to us are criticisms of the way modern society spoon-feeds us entertainment.
I hope to get to read "Infinite Jest" one day. Tragic how he ended his life.